Development and validation of the English version of the Moral Growth Mindset measure

Hyemin Han, Kelsie J. Dawson, Ye Eun Rachel Choi, Youn Jeng Choi, Andrea L. Glenn

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Abstract

Background: Moral Growth Mindset (MGM) is a belief about whether one can become a morally better person through efforts. Prior research showed that MGM is positively associated with promotion of moral motivation among adolescents and young adults. We developed and tested the English version of the MGM measure in this study with data collected from college student participants. Methods: In Study 1, we tested the reliability and validity of the MGM measure with two-wave data ( N = 212, Age mean = 24.18 years, SD = 7.82 years). In Study 2, we retested the construct validity of the MGM measure once again and its association with other moral and positive psychological indicators to test its convergent and discriminant validity ( N = 275, Age mean = 22.02 years, SD = 6.34 years). Results: We found that the MGM measure was reliable and valid from Study 1. In Study 2, the results indicated that the MGM was well correlated with other moral and positive psychological indicators as expected. Conclusions: We developed and validated the English version of the MGM measure in the present study. The results from studies 1 and 2 supported the reliability and validity of the MGM measure. Given this, we found that the English version of the MGM measure can measure one's MGM as we intended.

Original languageEnglish
Article number256
JournalF1000Research
Volume9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

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© 2020 Han H et al.

Keywords

  • Growth mindset
  • Moral development
  • Moral growth mindset
  • Reliability
  • Validity

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